Today Google released the beta of a new publicly searchable knowledge base that allows you to upload your own stuff to it -- see "New Service Expands Google's Reach," the AP story from Wednesday morning for details.
I'm not sure whether this is part of Google's carefully-constructed master plot to take over the world, or whether they're just throwing spaghetti against the wall to see if it sticks. In any case, if a lot of people start using it, it seems to me that Google Base could potentially grow into a huge depository of all kinds of information and content. Just to start out with, Google Base is accepting content in these areas:
- Course Schedules
- Events and Activities
- Jobs
- News and Articles
- People Profiles
- Products
- Recipes
- Reference Articles
- Reviews
- Services
- Vehicles
- Wanted Ads
And you can create your own "item type."
To try it out, I used it to enter a job listing. Here's the opening page for Google Base:
I entered my Help Wanted ad in the system. Here's what it looks like in Preview mode:
And here's my own cool personalized Google Base dashboard, where I can manage my content on Google Base:
AB -- 11/16/05
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